LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The skull bones of an infant undergo the process of compression at the time of birth. This process is achieved with the help of spaces that are present between the unfused types of cranial bones.

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